Sauce Ti-Malice is one of the most common Haitian Caribbean Sauce
Sauce Ti-Malice (or Sos Ti-Malice) is one of the most common sauces in Haiti. Usually served over grains, meat, poultry, and seafood, Sos Ti Malice (Haitian Creole translation) is a sauce made with oil, spices, pikliz or hot pepper and tomato sauce or tomato paste and lemon or lemon-lime juice.
The authentic recipe for Sauce Ti Malice is made with fresh spices and fresh herbs. Many people opt to make it with powdered seasoning either for taste or convenience.
The story behind the name Sos Ti Malice is somewhat interesting. Ti-Malice and Bouki (2 best friends) were constantly being naughty with each other. To keep his friend Bouki from coming back at lunchtime to eat his food, one-day, Ti-Malice prepared a spicy sauce to serve with the meal. When Bouki arrived at his house, and as usual, he started enjoying Ti-Malice’s food, he immediately fell in love with the sauce. He ran out of the street shouting about how delicious the sauce was and raving about the new sauce Ti-Malice had prepared for him. And this is how Sauce Ti-Malice or Sos Ti-Malice got its name.
This sauce is also used as a condiment when cooking meat, poultry, or seafood. The way it is done is, you would prepare the sauce and finish cooking the seafood, poultry, or meat in the sauce. As there are several versions of the sauce, many people also make it using the leftover cooking liquid from meat or poultry.
If you are wondering if Sauce Ti-Malice is easy to make, well, you will be surprised to know that this will probably be the easiest sauce you’ll ever make. Throughout the years, I have learned that not all spices, herbs, mixed spices, tomato sauce, or tomato paste and oil will make the sauce tasty – to my liking. I say to my taste because my eating habits have changed drastically over the years.
I am cautious with the ingredients I use. Another essential ingredient in making the sauce is Pikliz. Pikliz is another condiment made with cabbage, carrot, peas, and other spices and herbs pickled in white vinegar. This condiment is also served with fried, grilled, or roasted meat or poultry and fritters.
How to make Sauce Ti-Malice
To start, when making this Haitian Caribbean sauce, you need to make sure that you have good olive oil or grapeseed oil, fresh spices, and a good tomato paste or tomato sauce brand. You can also make it with fresh tomatoes if you prefer not to use tomato paste or tomato sauce.
If you want to use store-bought mixed spices, make sure that it is low sodium base with an original taste. Adding Worcestershire sauce or Maggi sauce is also by preference. It is all about what you want and how you want it to taste. But if you want the real authentic taste of the Caribbean, use fresh herbs and spices, tomato paste, Pikliz, or hot pepper.
Sauce Ti-Malice, is not like any other sauce. The final result is what you want it to be. If taste matters to you and, as mentioned earlier, use good ingredients. Use it on your roasted or grilled meat, poultry, and seafood, as well as grains. And don’t forget that the secret ingredient is adding the right amount of lemon juice. You can also add shallots instead of onions.
Sauce Ti-Malice is one of the most common Caribbean Sauce
Prepared with oil, onion, fresh herbs and spices, Pilkiz or hot peppers, tomato paste, lemon juice and lots of love. Use as a condiment for roasted or grilled meat, poultry and seafood.
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 onion chopped or 1/2 cup shallots chopped
- 1 garlic clove chopped finely
- 2 whole cloves
- 1/2 cup red bell peppers (or green peppers) sliced thin
- 2 tablespoons tomato paste
- 2 – 3 tablespoons Pikliz
- 1 tablespoon lime or lemon juice freshly squeezed
- Salt and ground pepper to taste
- 2 thyme sprigs
- 2 cups water at room temperature
Instructions
- In a large frying pan or saucepan, heat oil on medium to high heat, add remaining ingredients one after the other, making sure that all ingredients are well blended and slightly cooked for 3 minutes.
- Add water, stir to incorporate, season to taste and cook over low to medium heat for 12-15 minutes.
- Serve with fried, roasted, and grilled meat or poultry.
Please keep in mind that nutritional information is a rough estimate and can vary greatly based on the products used.
Nutrition info is automatically generated and provided as a courtesy and as an estimate only.
Perfect and spicy! Just the way I like it. Thanks
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